Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mexico, 1962

Mexico
1962
Total fertility rate: 6.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mexico was 6.80 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (322 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 1,830,989 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.80
Births
1,830,989
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
39,129,200
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-147.30.5%18,100
15-19129.79.5%262,169
20-24308.722.7%496,329
25-29321.523.6%434,694
30-34282.920.8%339,014
35-39203.615.0%201,866
40-4491.16.7%69,412
45-4914.31.1%9,077
50-540.60.0%326